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Chapter 11

"Try me" Kelsey stated, wondering what was going on.

"Right after Snape brought you to the hospital wing; Dumbledore assembled us all in his office and talked to your parents through a strange kind of mirror. The image of your parents' faces rose from the mirror and Dumbledore and I told them what had happened during potions. I had the strange feeling that I know your mom from somewhere and yesterday night I finally remember. I showed your sister a picture of my mom and dads' wedding and she recognized your parents on there. So right this morning we talked to Hagrid and he told us that your mom and my mom were cousins" Harry poured out.

Kelsey's jaw dropped and he shook his head slightly when he had finally digested all the new information.

He tried to say something but all he could do was open and close his mouth but nothing came out. He looked like a big fish gasping for air. Zara found her speech first and asked "Why didn't anybody tell you? You should ask Dumbledore what's going on here. "

"We wanted to do that right when we come back this afternoon. We need some answers and Dumbledore owes me a very good explanation" Harry replied gritting his teeth.

The friends talked about this and that for another hour then the door opened and another witch entered the room. "I'm sorry that I have to chase you away now" she said smiling at everybody "but it's time for dinner and then for his potions. Say good bye now please. He needs to get some rest."

Kayla gave her brother a big hug and tried not to start crying. Since she could remember she had never spent more than a few hours away from her twin. He could be very annoying, but she still loved him very much and to see him here so obviously helpless almost broke her heart. After everybody had said good night, they left the ward and headed for the fireplaces in the entrance hall. One after another stepped inside the flames and said "Hogwarts".

"I'm glad that you made it back in time for dinner" Dumbledore said smiling widely after everybody had stumbled out of the fireplace in his office. "Unfortunately I have no more time for you today. There are very important matters I have to tend to. I hope your brother is well Miss Warren. ", he continued opening the door for them, motioning them outside.

"It seems to me that he knew we had something to discuss with him" Hermione assumed while she gave the firmly shut office door behind them a questioning look. "Yes it's strange.... But not that it really shocked me...I expected something like that. Nothing is ever easy what has to do with my family matters" Harry said shrugging, leading the way down to the Great Hall for dinner.

During the following days, Dumbledore seemed to avoid Harry and his friends and Harry knew very well why. Even two weeks after he found out about the family connection between him and the Warren' twins he couldn't manage to have a conversation with the headmaster about it. They had visited Kelsey two more times in the past weeks and the healer was positive that he would be able to open his eyes in a few more days.

Finally at the end of the third week after the explosion, Kayla recognized Thor, when all the owls flew into the Great Hall during breakfast. Poor Thor dropped right in Harry's porridge after he got cut off by a large brown owl.

Kayla got the letter from his leg and opened it with shaking fingers. "Hey, he can open his eyes!" she screamed. The owl snatched a piece of toast and took off again before anybody recognized that another little piece of parchment that was attached to it's other leg.

The brown-haired girl put the letter in front of her and read it aloud.

Dear Kayla

I've finally been able to open my eyes this morning. It hurts a little,

but Mrs Dante insists that I keep trying now. My vision is still very

blurry and it's nothing more than shadows what I'm seeing, but it's a start.

I hope to see you all soon.

Dad and mom got me an audio-quill. I just dictate my letter. This way I can use the notebook as well.

Greetings to Harry, Ron and Hermione

Kelsey

"This is great! We should ask McGonagall for permission to visit him again tomorrow." Ron said excitedly before they got up and headed to Professor Flitwicks classroom.

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Kelsey sighed deeply. He wanted to get out of this bed so badly. He had had a nice chat with Nike the mermaid and dinner hasn't been bad either, but he was so extremely restless.

Lying in this bed for weeks already was driving him insane. "It's now or never" he thought and got out of the bed. He felt his way to the closet and got a sweater and some jeans. He couldn't tell if they match because his vision was still far from good, but right now he didn't care.

He put his clothes on, grabbed his wand from the night stand and moved towards the door. He opened it carefully listening to any sound outside his room. Luckily everybody seemed to be in the office so Kelsey sneaked out. He walked down the corridor trying carefully to remember what direction he was going, hoping he would find the way back before anybody was checking on him.

When he reached the end of the corridor, he recognized that he wasn't as fit as he thought he would be. His knees got very weak all of a sudden and he felt dizzy. So he decided to sit down next to a large picture that reached from the bottom all the way up to the ceiling. As soon as he felt the wall supporting his back he let out a sigh of relief.

"What is it young man?" somebody addressed him. Kelsey spun around and looked at the picture. Everything was still very blurry so he pinched his eyes together and tried to focus.

He recognized a huge knight in black armour resting his hands on a big sword which reminded the dark-blond teenager of "Highlander".

"Can I assist you with something young lad" the knight asked with a deep voice. His appearance would be frightening if there wouldn't be those bright blue eyes and the soft deep voice. His long black curls covered most of his face which reminded him very much of the picture of Sirius Black, Harry had shown him.

"I wish Harry could see this picture"; Kelsey mumbled trying to see the knight more clearly". Kelsey rose from the floor, his knees still a bit weak and started to take a closer look at the portrait, but he couldn't get past these amazingly blue eyes. It seemed to him they look straight into his soul.

"Come in my friend" the knight exclaimed before he stepped aside and opened a curtain. All of a sudden, the surface of the picture started to ripple, the knights' arm came out of the picture, grabbed Kelsey's sweater and pulled him inside the picture.